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Meet Dr. Glafkides
Dr. Glafkides is a Board Cerified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, in private practice for 30 years. A Harvard Medical School graduate, Dr. Glafkides trained at UC San Diego in General Surgery and St. Francis Memorial Hospital in Plastic Surgery. He performed a fellowship at The Royal Melbourne Hospital in Microsurgery and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University.
Born and raised in San Francisco and the Peninsula, Dr. Glafkides is from a family of physicians and engineers. While writing his senior thesis at Stanford on the psychological benefits of support groups for women with metastatic breast cancer, Dr. Glafkides developed his medical passions to help women reclaim their confidence, self image and sexuality through reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
The doctor is a sports enthusiast. In his free time he enjoys playing tennis and golf, skiing with his family, traveling and spending time with family and friends. Dr. Glafkides played college football at Stanford and continues a 45 year traditional football game with his high school football teammates.
Dr. Glafkides has operating privileges at several hospitals and surgery centers including:
Mills Peninsula Medical Center
Campus Surgery Center
Menlo Park Surgery Center
California Pacific Medical Center
Seton Medical Center
St. Mary’s Hospital